<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The paper briefly looks at two nonstandard conditional constructions, if [Su] had have [pp] and if [Su] would have [pp], which present anomalous components. Various works mentioning them have been analysed, leading to the conclusion that the forms have not been treated seriously or exhaustively. Following a small study which tries to establish their spread in the language, the paper concludes that some questions remain unanswered, such as whether the constructions can be characterised according to their geographical spread, their exact vernacular status, and to what extent they may coexist alongside the standard form in a person’s idiolect.</p></abstract>

The paper briefly looks at two nonstandard conditional constructions, if [Su] had have [pp] and if [Su] would have [pp], which present anomalous components. Various works mentioning them have been analysed, leading to the conclusion that the forms have not been treated seriously or exhaustively. Following a small study which tries to establish their spread in the language, the paper concludes that some questions remain unanswered, such as whether the constructions can be characterised according to their geographical spread, their exact vernacular status, and to what extent they may coexist alongside the standard form in a person’s idiolect.

Doubling The Past Hypothesis: Observations On Two Nonstandard Third Conditionals

“Babeş-Bolyai” University, Cluj-Napoca

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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The paper briefly looks at two nonstandard conditional constructions, if [Su] had have [pp] and if [Su] would have [pp], which present anomalous components....

Doubling The Past Hypothesis: Observations On Two Nonstandard Third Conditionals

Publié en ligne: 01 mai 2014

Pages: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0001

Mots clés
conditional constructions, corpus studies, counterfactuals, nonstandard, plupluperfect

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Doubling The Past Hypothesis: Observations On Two Nonstandard Third Conditionals

Publié en ligne: 01 mai 2014

Pages: 1 - 8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2014-0001

Mots clésconditional constructions, corpus studies, counterfactuals, nonstandard, plupluperfect

© Romanian Journal of English Studies

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
conditional constructions, corpus studies, counterfactuals, nonstandard, plupluperfect